The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
1:30 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2038
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 73.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.11° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.61° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.